What’s the Challenge?
Test Your Team’s Creativity & Problem-Solving Skills! Are you ready for an adrenaline-pumping challenge that requires quick thinking, creative problem-solving, and collaborative leadership? Gather your team and get ready for the Collaboration Connection! This challenge will push your team to think on your feet, apply higher-level cognitive skills, and tackle performance-based/task-based challenges in real time. Challenge will be given once you enter the room onsite.
- Team Size: 4-6 students per team.
- Competition Format: Performance-based and task-based problem-solving challenges.
- Time Limit: You’ll need to complete the challenge within a given time frame (details provided onsite).
- Onsite: The challenge will be presented in real-time at the competition.
Why Participate?
- Sharpen your skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership.
- Work together as a team and show how well you can collaborate under pressure.
- Showcase your team’s creativity and quick thinking.
Challenge Guidelines
1. Form Your Team:
Each club is allowed one team of 4 to 6 members. Team members will need to work together and bring out their best skills in abstract reasoning, memory, and problem-solving.
2. Onsite Challenge:
The challenge will be given onsite and will require your team to complete it within a specified time frame. You’ll face both performance-based and task-based problems that require creative thinking and fast action!
3. Think on Your Feet:
This is all about thinking quickly and collaborating as a team. You will need to connect ideas, apply creative strategies, and solve problems on the fly. Flexibility, adaptability, and teamwork will be key!
4. Engage Your Skills:
Expect challenges that test your team's ability to use abstract reasoning to solve complex problems, apply memory skills to recall key details quickly and showcase collaborative leadership to keep the team focused and engaged.
Elementary Betas are eligible to compete in Elementary competitions only.
Junior Betas are eligible to compete in Junior competitions only.
Senior Betas are eligible to compete in Senior competitions only.
Educational Connections
- Leadership Skills
- Creativity & Innovation
- Communication & Collaboration
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
COLLABORATION CONNECTION | 16-20 | 11-15 | 6-10
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Creativity
| Students exhibit an excellent use of trial and error, varied uses for materials, etc., for the challenge. | Students exhibit a good use of trial and error, varied uses for materials, etc., for the challenge. | Students exhibit an average use of trial and error, varied uses for materials, etc., for the challenge. | Students exhibit minimal use of trial and error, varied uses for materials, etc., for the challenge. |
TEAM COLLABORATION
| Students display excellent collaboration and flexible teamwork throughout the entire challenge. | Students display good collaboration and flexible teamwork throughout the entire challenge. | Students display average collaboration and flexible teamwork throughout the entire challenge. | Students display minimal collaboration and flexible teamwork throughout the entire challenge. |
Critical Thinking
| Students exhibit an excellent ability to problem solve and consider alternative solutions during the challenge. | Students exhibit a good ability to problem solve and consider alternative solutions during the challenge. | Students exhibit an average ability to problem solve and consider alternative solutions during the challenge. | Students exhibit a minimal ability to problem solve and consider alternative solutions during the challenge. |
Team communication
| Students display excellent communication, questioning and articulation of thoughts and ideas throughout the entire challenge. | Students display good communication, questioning and articulation of thoughts and ideas throughout the entire challenge. | Students display average communication, questioning and articulation of thoughts and ideas throughout the entire challenge. | Students display minimal communication, questioning and articulation of thoughts and ideas throughout the entire challenge. |
Task completion
| The team was excellent in completing the build during the challenge. | The team was good in completing the build during the challenge. | The team was average in completing the build during the challenge. | The team was minimal in completing the build during the challenge |
DEDUCTION This will be taken one time by the coordinator | Did not follow guidelines - 10 |
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